The Suicide Squad Trailer Knows Lots of Bad Words
As director James Gunn promised on his Twitter feed, a red-band trailer for The Suicide Squad arrived online today. Also joining the advertising campaign are some individual character posters – and one outstanding ensemble one. A sequel to David Ayer’s 2016 Suicide Squad (though minus a number in the title, probably to sell it as a soft reboot), The Suicide Squad finds Task Force X sent to the island nation Corto Maltese to do some clandestine wet work for the government. Margot Robbie, Joel Kinnaman, Jai Courtney, and Viola Davis return as Harley Quinn, Rick Flag, Boomerang, and Amanda Waller; they’re joined by Idris Elba as Bloodsport, Michael Rooker as Savant, Jon Cena as Peacemaker, and Pete Davidson as Blackguard, among others. The Suicide Squad will hit theaters and HBO Max on August 6, 2021. The Suicide Squad trailer is age-restricted and can only be seen here, but check out the poster below:
Well, now I have another reason to look on the bright side of Warner Bros.’s 2021 release plan. The Suicide Squad trailer erased any enthusiasm I had for this movie. The footage from last summer’s DC FanDome made it look like an old-school action flick with a bunch of crazy comic book characters, and I loved that idea. The poster above perfectly fits that tone, resembling the old men-on-a-mission movies, which is a great fit for the Suicide Squad (more so than fighting a witch lady and her demon army, anyway). The Suicide Squad trailer is a blast of reality, a reminder that this is the DCEU, and they will not let a movie handle its concept well. The jokes are corny, the action looks silly, nobody feels like a danger to anyone, and Alistair MacLean is rolling over in his grave. And they’re going overboard with the R-rated language; making it R is fine, but they’re cursing like 12-year-olds who’ve just discovered a new naughty word, not people who naturally use salty language. I’ve got to learn to stop giving this franchise the benefit of the doubt.
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Comments (6)
I hope it’s good, and I’ll definitely give it a try (especially now that I can essentially see it for free). I’m hoping that poster is more indicative of what the movie will be like. When I first watched it, I actually completely missed that Starro was the monster at the end; it deserves a look just for that.
I really liked the trailer, was laughing my ass off practically the whole way thru.
Especially like the clip of Weasel licking the window, brought back some fun memories of 5th grade school trip when me and my friends dared eachother to lick the bus windows :D
Can’t wait to see this movie, in theaters!!
The trailer was disappointing and the movie looks like it’s from marvel, the jokes also comes off as cheesy marvel jokes. Also, is there ever a time that Harley Quinn doesn’t bleed?
I did like the first SS only where Colonel Flagg and Dead Shot played off of each other. How they went back and forth and tried to morality trip each other. Other than that, only Harley Quinn in her outfit was the only other high point of the film.
Though this new one I’m not really acquainted with most of the new ones so I will check it out just to see what they offer? Cause some of the actors are good, so I can’t really state one way or the other on how it will turn out? Not really expecting much to be honest. We’ll see,,,
I was really surprised how good I thought the trailer was, for the first time ever I am actually excited for Margot Robbie as Harley.